As a member of the Student Youth Travel Association (SYTA), Musicians Abroad is excited to announce several financial scholarships and offerings related to travel for students and small groups. Check out all of these great opportunities. Road Scholarship The SYTA Youth Foundation Road Scholarship was established to award funds to youth who...
Being on tour for a couple of weeks is full of amazing adventures, wonderful performances and lots of fun! The trip will be both exhilarating and exhausting. Check out our tips for getting your mind and body ready for the journey. Let's get physical! January It's a new year and a new...
More than 360 musicians, 40 faculty members and staff, parents and a crew of tour directors made up the inaugural Kentucky Musicians Abroad European Performance Tour. Coordinated by Dr. Frederick Speck and Dr. Kent Hatteberg, outstanding music was the first focus, followed closely by exhilarating sights and a once-in-a-lifetime intercultural...
Eight countries. Sixteen days. Musicians Abroad celebrated its inaugural international performance tour in June 2023, leading 109 Indiana Musicians Abroad student performers — plus faculty, educators and family members — on a thrilling adventure across Europe. Three travelers share how this experience shaped them, how performing internationally affected their students...
Musicians Abroad, an organization based in Indianapolis, provides bi-annual European performance tours for student musicians. The organization was founded in 2022 and has their first two groups departing this June. L. Scott McCormick has accepted the position of Senior Director of Musicians Abroad. McCormick is a respected and trustworthy leader with...
DR. TRAVIS L. HALE Dr. Travis Hale currently serves as Director of Orchestras at Blue Valley North HS (KS). Hale has been a music educator for 25 years and has taught all levels of music from elementary to graduate music education courses. Hale has studied conducting and music pedagogy with Dr....
TWO WELL-TRAVELED, RESPECTED EDUCATORS AND MUSICIANS HEAD FIRST KENTUCKY MUSICIANS ABROAD TOUR. DR. FREDERICK SPECK Dr. Frederick Speck has traveled across the country as well as overseas. It only seems natural that he would be the leading force in organizing the first Kentucky Musicians Abroad tour. Dr. Frederick Speck is the Director of...
CHRIS TAYLOR HAS TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS OVERSEAS. IT ONLY SEEMS NATURAL THAT HE WOULD BE THE LEADING FORCE IN ORGANIZING THE FIRST MUSICIANS ABROAD TOUR. Since the turn of the century, Chris Taylor has been teaching high school band. Beginning as an assistant director at Highland High...
IMAGINE MEETING NEW FRIENDS FROM THROUGHOUT YOUR STATE, ALL WITH INCREDIBLE TALENTS AND, LIKE YOU, A LOVE OF MUSIC. Imagine spending three days working diligently to hone your abilities while learning to perform with your peers. Imagine a 14-day adventure to eight countries, performing in state-of-the-art venues. Imagine the life-long friendships...
ONE OF YOUR STOPS ON YOUR TOUR WITH MUSICIANS ABROAD MAY INCLUDE TIME IN FRANCE AND SPECIFICALLY, THE CITY OF PARIS. It’s hard to think of the city without envisioning the striking silhouette of the Eiffel Tower. Stationed near the Seine River, the plan to build a tower 300 meters high...
